About Cathy
BRIEF ARTIST BIO
Cathy Leaycraft was born in New York City and raised mostly in the Philadelphia area.
Her mother frequently took her to… more
Reflected Landscape
I strive for a dreamlike quality, and a sense of timelessness.
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Side YardThis image was taken in the yard of the house my husband and I were renting on Monhegan Island, Maine.
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Trees KneesThis image was taken at Adkins Arboretum in Maryland. I was on the ground in a somewhat swampy area that bordered a pond. The dark brown bulges are tree roots.
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Yellow DawnThis image was taken early in the morning in my backyard. My glass sphere was on a pillow that had been in the seat of an Adirondack chair. The chair is also in the image.
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Copper GlobeThis image was taken on the boat dock in Provincetown, Cape Cod, Massachusetts. I was able to get to the area where the boats were tided up because it was December and off season.
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Tears at DawnThis image was taken in my backyaed. The "tears" were created by condensation on the glass.
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Mouth to MouthThis image was taken in the fenced in deck surrounding a friends cottage in Provincetown, Cape Cod, Massachusetts. The "mouths" are really one life preserver reflected twice in my sphere.
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VortexThis image was taken on the dunes along the Ceader Woods Trail in Provincetown, Massachusetts. I particularly like the way the stick figure appears to be drawn by some spiritual force toward the womb like vortex.
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Lobster's ViewThis image was taken at the water's edge amoung the rocks on the shoreline at Fish Beach on Mongegan Island, Maine. The ball was in a puddle of water amoung the rocks. I am visable along the rocks on the right.
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Eye LashThis image was taken at Cylburn Arboretum in Baltimore. The "lashes" across the "eye" shape were created by the pattern in a cut glass bowl placed under my glass sphere.
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Enter the WreckThis image was taken inside a boat wreck at Lobster Cove on Monhegan Island. I crawled inside with my camera and sphere.
Encaustic and Photography
About five years ago I began experimenting with the hot wax medium Encaustic. Encaustic gives my photographs the texture and depth I have long admired in paintings. In addition, I can manipulate the surface with traditional and non-traditional objects, like brushes, hammers, dental tools etc. I can also scrape out areas revealing more of the photograph underneath.
The process:
A mixture of beeswax and damar resin is heated to about 200 degrees and applied to a surface. In my case, the surface is one of my photographs printed on watercolor paper and mounted on board. After each layer of wax cools, it is “fixed” by reheating the wax with a heat gun. Additional layers are added in a similar fashion. I use three or four layers before making textural patterns in the wax surface, carving out elements, or adding pastel pigments.
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First Light
12" x 12" Encaustic, Photograph, and Pastel mounted on board.
Available for Purchase12" x 12" Encaustic, Photograph, and Pastel mounted on board. $300.00.
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Sky Light # 3
14" x 11" Encaustic, Photograph, and Pastel mounted on board.
Available for Purchase14" x 11" Encaustic, Photograph and Pastel mounted on board, $325.00.
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Planetary Lines: Earth # 18
11" x 14" Encaustic, Photograph, and Pastel mounted on board.
Available for Purchase11" x 14" Encaustic, Photograph, and Pastel mounted on board. $325.00
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Planetary Lines-Earth # 15
12" x 16" Encaustic, Photograph and Pastel mounted on board.
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Earth Angles #6-72-3000.jpg
Encaustic on mounted Photograph. View of clouds, water, and rock jetty.
Available for Purchase11" x 14" Encaustic, Photograph, and pastel mounted on board. $325.00
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View from Rt 6
12" x 12" Encaustic and Photograph mounted on board.
Available for Purchase12" x 12" Encaustic and Photograph mounted on board. $300.00
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Cape Light
12" x 12" Encaustic, and Photograph mounted on board. $300.00
Available for Purchase12" x 12' Encaustic and Photograph mounted on board. $300.00
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Planetary Lines-Earth #4
12" x 12" Encaustic, Photograph, and Pastel, mounted on board.
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Planetary Lines-Earth # 5
12" x 12" Encaustic, and Photograph mounted on board. $300.00
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Shore Line # 2
12" x 12" Encaustic and Photograph mounted on board.
Available for Purchase12" x 12" Encaustic and Photograph mounted on board. $300.00